I was actually the one who installed the bars. I brought over some tools to swap out some parts for him and when I was putting his new bars on I heard cracking the entire time as I was tightening it. It got crushed long before I got anywhere near 5 Nm.

MikeyBoyAZ- Where are you seeing all bars requiring 4 Nm? Ritchey Carbon makes carbon bars and their 5 Nm torque wrench tool is specifically designed to provide safe clamping force when using their bars. 3T also has a 5 Nm torque rating on all their stems, which are intended to be used with their carbon bars. Either way, 1 Nm should not make a difference. These POS bars started cracking well before 4 Nm was seen. I kept hearing a cracking noise and I was like hmm okay, maybe it's the bolts on the stem because it had some cheap stem that I haven't seen before. Then I ran my finger along the side of the stem and felt the huge ridge that was created on the bars. I knew they were effed at that point.

The pics don't do it justice. The bars got crushed bad. It happened with very little force. It honestly didn't surprise me though. $65 bars can be 175 grams or safe, but not both. I highly suggest that anyone running these bars remove them right away because you are playing with your life just to save a few grams. Totally not worth it.

Sorry about that bad luck today bro. You'll be better off with some aluminum 3T bars anyways. They are MUCH lighter than those beastly 460 gram bars that came on your bike! LOL